Scholarships
The Department of Assistant Deans for Student Affairs oversees three annual scholarship opportunities for CSUF students. Each scholarship strives to support student achievement by relieving some of the cost of attendance, recognizing students’ commitment to their success, and offering additional personal, academic, and professional resources if and when needed.
Dorothy M. Hagan & Juanita W. Hicks Achievement
Purpose: This scholarship was established by the family of Dorothy M. Hagan and Juanita W. Hicks to provide financial assistance, based on merit and financial need, to continuing CSUF undergraduate students.
Eligibility: This scholarship is open to new and continuing CSUF undergraduate students in any course of study.
Criteria: Merit – 3.0 GPA - financial need - Junior or Senior status - works 20 hours or more
Application: Complete the online scholarship application available through your CSUF student portal.
CSU/Edison Scholars Program
Purpose: The CSU/Edison Scholars Program has been established by a partnership between five California State University campuses and Edison International. The purpose of this scholarship is to increase the number of students earning degrees in technical fields who are first generation and from low-income backgrounds.
Edison International has pledged $200,000.00 for a one year period to the CSU system to be used for student scholarships. These funds will provide scholarships to community college students who transfer to one of five CSU institutions.
Addressing Our Community Needs: There is a widening gap between the state’s workforce needs and the number of science, engineering and mathematics degrees awarded by California institutions. Educational partnerships such as CSU/Edison Transfer Scholarship are an important tool for addressing this shortfall. This scholarship will help increase the number of professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and is crucial in developing a more culturally competent workforce. Scholarships range from $1,000 - $3,000 per year and are renewable for at least a two-year period.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must be currently enrolled in a community college within the Southern California Edison service area
- Must be admitted and enroll full-time (minimum 9 units) at any of the five participating California State Universities
- Students must have declared one of the following majors: mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, engineering (civil, electrical, computer, chemical or mechanical), ecological biology, technology, materials science, or computer science/information systems. Students going into health professions/pre-medicine are not eligible
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Recipients are selected based on merit and academic promise
- Preferences will be given to students from low income backgrounds who are first generation college students. Demonstrated commitment to community services will also be considered
- In order to remain eligible during the scholarship period, students must: remain in good standing automatically, remain enrolled as a full-time student (minimum 9 units) and remain a declared major in the specified field.
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale must be maintained at all times. This includes both overall college and CSU GPA
Application: Complete the online scholarship application available through your CSUF student portal.
Adopt-a-Titan
Purpose: This scholarship was established by Richard Bergstrom on behalf of the Bergstrom Family to provide financial assistance, based on financial need, to incoming CSUF undergraduate students. The purpose of this scholarship is to support the achievement among disadvantaged undergraduate students. The scholarship is intended to minimize debt burden.
Eligibility: This scholarship is open to CSUF incoming freshman or transfer undergraduate students in any course of study who intend to complete an undergraduate degree in 4 years for incoming freshman and 2 years for transfer students.
Criteria: 2.5 GPA – full-time enrollment – financial need – one page essay – 2 letters of recommendation
Application: Complete the online scholarship application available through your CSUF the student portal.
